What scripture says
Bible verses about rest
"Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." Scripture offers rest for body and soul: the Sabbath, the still waters of the Shepherd's psalm, and the rest that comes from trusting God.
I will give you rest
Matthew 11:28-30
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
Read it in its chapter →He maketh me to lie down
Psalm 23:1-3
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
Read it in its chapter →Remember the sabbath day
Exodus 20:8-11
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
Read it in its chapter →There remaineth a rest
Hebrews 4:9-11
There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
Read it in its chapter →Be still, and know that I am God
Psalm 46:10
Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
Read it in its chapter →Come ye yourselves apart, and rest a while
Mark 6:31
And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.
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Hymns to sing
- Behold, A Host, Arrayed in WhiteHans Adolf Brorson (1694–1764)
- Come Holy Spirit, Lord Our GodLatin, Martin Luther (1483–1546)
- Did You Think To Pray?Mary Ann Pepper Kidder (1820–1905)
- Glorious Things of Thee are SpokenJohn Newton (1725–1807)
- God Rest Ye Merry GentlemenEnglish
- God, That Madest Earth and HeavenReginald Heber (1783–1826), William Mercer (1811–1873), Richard Whately (1787–1863)